10024672

Navigation Communication Device and Method

PublishedJuly 17, 2018
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Patent Claims
17 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A navigation method for a first communication device, the navigation method comprising: receiving, by transceivers of the first communication device and at least one second communication device, a present location of the first and the at least one second communication device; retrieving, by a navigation controller of the first communication device, user preferences of the first and the at least one second communication devices stored on memories of the first and the at least one second communication devices; determining, by the navigation controller, a list of a plurality of candidate meeting places for the first communication device and at least one second communication device according to the present locations of the first and the at least one second communication devices and the user preferences of the first and the at least one second communication devices; sending, by the navigation controller, the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places to the at least one second communication device; receiving, from the at least one second communication device, a selection for a final meeting place out of the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places; determining, by the navigation controller, a determined meeting place based on a meeting place selected by the most communication devices of the first and the at least one second communication device; and setting, by the navigation controller, a navigation route for the first communication device from the present location of the first communication device to the determined meeting place.

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2. The navigation method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places comprises creating a tentative meeting area for the first and the at least second communication devices.

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3. The navigation method of claim 2 , further comprising selecting at least one meeting place category in the tentative meeting area according to the user preferences of the first and the at least one second communication devices.

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4. The navigation method of claim 1 , wherein the user preferences of the first communication device and the at least one second communication device are obtained from meeting place communication history by the first communication device.

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5. The navigation method of claim 1 , wherein the user preferences are selected by users of the first communication device and/or the at least one second communication device.

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6. The navigation method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one meeting place category is selected from plural meeting place categories by at least one user of the first and at least one second communication device.

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7. The navigation method of claim 1 , wherein the present locations of the first communication device and the at least one second communication device are obtained from a Global Positioning System (GPS) system by the first communication device.

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8. The navigation method of claim 7 , wherein the present location of the at least one second communication device is received by the first communication device from the at least one second communication device.

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9. The navigation method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication device is a vehicle navigation communication device.

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10. A navigation communication device in a vehicle, the navigation communication device comprising: a transceiver for communication of a meeting place with at least one communication device, wherein the transceiver receives a present location of the vehicle and another transceiver of the at least one communication device receives a present location of the at least one communication device, and wherein the transceiver receives user preferences of the at least one communication device; and a processor for determination of a list of a plurality of candidate meeting places for the vehicle and the at least one communication device according to present locations of the vehicle and the at least one communication device and user preferences of a user of the vehicle and the at least one communication device, wherein the processor is adapted to send the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places to the at least one communication device, wherein the transceiver is adapted to receive a selection for a final meeting place out of the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places from the at least one communication device, wherein the processor is adapted to determine a determined meeting place based on a meeting place selected by the most communication devices of the first and the at least one second communication device, and wherein the processor is adapted to set a navigation route for the vehicle from the present location of the vehicle to the determined meeting place.

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11. The navigation communication device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is adapted to create a tentative meeting area for the vehicle and the at least one communication device.

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12. The navigation communication device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is adapted to select at least one meeting place category in the tentative meeting area according to the user preferences of the user of the vehicle and the at least one communication device.

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13. The navigation communication device of claim 10 , further comprising a memory for storing meeting place communication history of the at least one communication device and related user preferences to determine the meeting place.

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14. A service center for providing navigation service in a communication system, the service center comprising: a transceiver for communication of a meeting place for at least two communication devices in the communication system, wherein the transceiver is adapted to receive a present location of the at least two communication devices and user preferences of the at least two communication devices from transceivers of each of the at least two communication devices; and a processor for determination of a list of a plurality of candidate meeting places for the at least two communication devices according to present locations and user preferences of each of the at least two communication devices, wherein the processor is adapted to send the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places to the at least two communication devices, wherein the transceiver is adapted to receive a selection for a final meeting place out of the list of the plurality of candidate meeting places from the at least two communication devices, wherein the processor is adapted to determine a determined meeting place based on a meeting place selected by the most communication devices of the at least two communication devices, and wherein the processor is adapted to set a navigation route for each of the at least two communication devices from the present locations of each of the at least two communication devices to the determined meeting place.

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15. The service center of claim 14 , wherein the processor is adapted to create a tentative meeting area for the at least two communication devices.

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16. The service center of claim 15 , wherein the processor is adapted to select at least one meeting place category in the tentative meeting area according to the user preferences of each of the at least two communication devices.

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17. The service center of claim 14 , further comprising a memory for storing meeting place communication history of the at least two communication devices and related user preferences to determine the meeting place.

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July 17, 2018

Inventors

Mirko LANGNICKEL
Budianto LIONG

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